Building Regulations: Technical Standards

Provisions deemed to satisfy the standards

ACCESS TO DWELLINGS

(Q2.1) The requirements of Q2.1, as regards a suitable road, will be met by -

a. a public road; or

b. a road, at least 3 metres wide capable of carrying a vehicle axle load of 5 tonnes.

(Q2.4) The requirements of Q2.4 for the surface of paths or ramps will be met by -

a. 50mm concrete slabs bedded on granular material; or

b. 30mm tarmacadam to BS4987: Parts 1 and 2: 1993 laid on 100mm of consolidated hardcore bottoming; or

c. 50mm clay or calcium silicate pavers to BS6677: Part 1: 1986, laid in accordance with BS6677: Part 2: 1986; or

d. 60mm concrete paving blocks to BS6717: Part 1: 1993, laid in accordance with BS6677: Part 2: 1986.

ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE

(Q2.7) The requirements of Q2.7 for an accessible threshold will be met by a threshold designed as follows:

a. The surface of the platt should be no more than 10mm below the leading edge of the sill, as shown in Diagram A to this specification.

b. No single vertical increment associated with the sill or the threshold should be more than 15 mm, and any sloping element should have a slope not more than 15 degrees to the horizontal. Any vertical increment of more than 5mm should be rounded or chamfered.

Diagram A to (Q2.7): Sill and threshold constraints

c. Where the floor covering (or finished structural floor where no covering is intended) is designed to be more than 15mm below the top of the threshold an internal transition unit should be provided as shown in Diagram B to this specification.

d. The transition unit should have a gradient not more than 15 degrees to the horizontal, a slip resistant surface, and should start not less than 5mm and not more than 10mm from the top of the threshold, and finish not more than 5mm above the floor covering, or finished structural floor where no covering is intended.

Diagram B to (Q2.7): Internal transition unit

BUILDINGS OF PURPOSE SUB-GROUP 1A

(Q2.10) The requirements of Q2.10a. will be met where the entryphone control panel is situated 900mm - 1.2 metres above the entrance platt

The requirements of Q2.10c. will be met where light switches are situated 900mm - 1.2 metres above the floor.

ACCESS WITHIN DWELLINGS

(Q2.11) The requirements of Q2.11 will be met where -

a. every accessible corridor is level or ramped and is at least 900mm wide,

except -

at a radiator the width may reduce to at least 750mm for a length not more than 2 metres; and

b. access to each apartment and kitchen and to sanitary accommodation is provided through a doorway with a clear opening width at least that shown in the table to this specification.

Table to (Q2.11): Width of internal doors